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These are offerings to a deity. Usually a special possession is left for the deity to "accept" or even a living animal may be killed (and often burned) for the deity to. This may be done to mark special times, as a petition for forgiveness, or to request special favors of the deity.

Some examples of sacrificial rituals are:

- Abraham sacrificed birds and sheep to the Jewish God, Yahweh

- Aztec priests cut out the hearts of conquered warriors taken prisoner after battles

- Muslim faithful slaughter a sheep for the celebration of the major feast at Eid

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